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STRAT past

STRAT present

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60TH ANNIVERSARY AMERICANVINTAGE 1954 STRATOCASTER®

The Stratocaster guitar's formative years come back to electrifying life with the limited-edition 60th Anniversary American Vintage 1954 Stratocaster. This special guitar honors the Stratocaster’s very first model year as an "excitingly new instrument" with a tone "as new and different as tomorrow," and is reverently crafted with a rich selection of features, appointments and accessories.

60TH ANNIVERSARY CLASSICPLAYER '50s STRATOCASTER®

Celebrate the diamond anniversary of the world’s greatest electric guitar with the 60th Anniversary Commemorative Stratocaster and 60th Anniversary Classic Player ’50s Stratocaster. Both are contemporary takes on the original-era Stratocaster, updated with modern features and appointments that combine the best of the past with the best of today.

60TH ANNIVERSARYCOMMEMORATIVE STRATOCASTER®

Celebrate the diamond anniversary of the world’s greatest electric guitar with the 60th Anniversary Commemorative Stratocaster and 60th Anniversary Classic Player ’50s Stratocaster. Both are contemporary takes on the original-era Stratocaster, updated with modern features and appointments that combine the best of the past with the best of today.

SQUIER® 60TH ANNIVERSARYCLASSIC VIBE '50s STRATOCASTER®

Celebrate the diamond anniversary of the world’s greatest electric guitar with the 60th Anniversary Commemorative Stratocaster and 60th Anniversary Classic Player ’50s Stratocaster. Both are contemporary takes on the original-era Stratocaster, updated with modern features and appointments that combine the best of the past with the best of today.

Deluxe Stratocaster® HSSPlus Top with iOS Connectivity

The Stratocaster guitars of the future are here. Fender’s Fishman® TriplePlay Stratocaster HSS, Deluxe Stratocaster HSS Plus Top with iOS Connectivity, and American Deluxe Strat® Plus and Deluxe Strat® Plus HSS all use built-in state-of-the-art technology to give you thrilling new Stratocaster playing experiences that usher the world’s greatest electric guitar into a bright and bold new era.

Fender® Fishman® TriplePlayStratocaster® HSS

The Stratocaster guitars of the future are here. Fender’s Fishman® TriplePlay Stratocaster HSS, Deluxe Stratocaster HSS Plus Top with iOS Connectivity, and American Deluxe Strat® Plus and Deluxe Strat® Plus HSS all use built-in state-of-the-art technology to give you thrilling new Stratocaster playing experiences that usher the world’s greatest electric guitar into a bright and bold new era.

1967

1957

On Dec. 1, many get their first glimpse of a Stratocaster when a rock ’n’ roll trio called the Crickets performs on The Ed Sullivan Show. The Crickets’ leader is a bespectacled young Texan named Charles Hardin “Buddy” Holly.

1965

1970

1971

The members of Deep Purple watch as fire destroys the Montreux Casino on Dec. 4 of this year. Inspired by the “fire in the sky” and the smoke drifting over the lake, the band composes 1972 proto-metal classic “Smoke on the Water,” for which guitarist Ritchie Blackmore creates the most imitated Stratocaster riff ever.

Strat Present

No other electric guitar is more elegantly versatile. No other guitar is more easily modified into a statement of personal creativity. No other guitar lets you sound like yourself more. No other guitar has that tone.

1979

1984

1991

Kurt Cobain

Kurt Cobain records a great deal of industry-changing Nirvana juggernaut Nevermind, released in September of this year, using a Stratocaster. Thus, the same guitar behind the foot-tapping sound of 1957’s “Peggy Sue” is also behind the intensely aggressive sound of the biggest rock phenomena of the modern era, grunge and alt-indie.

NO OTHERGUITAR INTHE UNIVERSEDOES WHATTHE STRATCAN DO.JEFF BECK

1983

1987

"Where the Streetshave no name"

Artist: U2
Album: The Joshua Tree
Guitarist: The Edge

U2’s fifth studio album, The Joshua Tree is released in March of this year. A cinematic-sounding Stratocaster tour de force by guitarist David “Edge” Evans, it features hits including “With or Without You,” “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For,” “In God’s Country” and epically ringing concert favorite “Where the Streets Have No Name.”

1999

"Scar Tissue"

The Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Californication is released in June. It marks the return of Stratocaster-wielding guitarist John Frusciante and remains the band’s most successful studio album, with hits including the title track, “Scar Tissue” and “Otherside.”

2009

"’Til SummerComes Around"

Artist: Keith Urban
Album: Defying Gravity
Guitarist: Keith Urban

2006

"Waiting on theWorld to Change"

Artist: John Mayer
Album: Continuum
Guitarist: John Mayer

John Mayer wields a Stratocaster with marvelous aplomb on third studio album Continuum, which yields a handful of hits including this sweetly grooving millennial anthem. Unlike previous Mayer studio efforts, Continuum leans heavily on blues and soul, transforming the onetime heartfelt pop-rock balladeer to genuine SRV-influenced Strat hero for a new generation.

Experience Fender Firsthand

Like the greatest music in history, Fender tone is best experienced live. Fender Premium Showcase Dealers know what it takes to make your experience just as memorable.

Premium Showcase Dealers offer the expertise and insight to help you find the product for your specific needs. You'll explore the broadest, most compelling assortment of Fender instruments available at retail, including the American Standard series—the centerpiece of the Fender line. Best of all, you'll plug in and experience the feel, sound and legacy the way it was meant to be experienced—in person.

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